Gwynedd
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Episode 2.11
15 March 1984
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| Contestants |
Hazel Harrison and work colleague Sally Dyson, police civilians
from Leamington Spa |
| Description of the Treasure |
A brooch of a leek |
| Clue 1 |
A Welsh wizard lies in a setting fit for heroes. Sir Clough’s
wall conceals the clue. 1 |
| Leads to |
Llanystumdwy – in wall surrounding Lloyd George’s grave |
| Clue 2 |
Find the Cob starting point for mini-meals on mini-wheels.
If you’re on the right lines they may be steaming. It’s little wonder that they’re
Annie’s cup of tea. 2 |
| Leads to |
Porthmadog – under a saucer in the Harbour Station cafe, Ffestiniog
Railway |
| Clue 3 |
In No 6’s captivating Mediterranean Village, where the
Gloriette became an election balcony, look on the pediment behind the Ionic
columns. 3 |
| Leads to |
Portmeirion – on wall of Gloriette |
| Clue 4 |
At the end of the line find your quarry north of a mountain
rescue post. Catch a tram to Chough’s Cavern and among the duchesses find a
chip off the old block. 4 |
| Leads to |
Blaenau Ffestiniog – on a duchess slate in Chough’s Cavern,
Llechwedd Quarry |
| Clue 5 |
St Twrog had his fling between the Grapes and the Dwyryd,
and his boulder’s sprung a leek! |
| Leads to |
Maentwrog – gold and silver brooch in the shape of a leek
on St Twrog’s Stone |
| Result |
The contestants ran out of time just after the start of the final clue |
| Notes |
| 2 |
Former Prime Minister David Lloyd George was nicknamed ‘The Welsh Wizard’.
The monument at his grave, alongside the River Dwyfor in the village of Llanystumdwy where
he grew up, was designed by architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. |
| 2 |
The Cob is an embankment beside Porthmadog Harbour Station,
the western terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. |
| 3 |
The 1960s TV cult show ‘The Prisoner’, starring Patrick McGoohan
as Number Six, was filmed in Portmeirion. In one episode, Number Six held an
election rally from the Gloriette. |
| 4 |
Blaenau Ffestiniog is the eastern terminus of the Ffestiniog
Railway. Annie rides on the slate mine’s underground railway to Chough’s Cavern,
where she find some roofing slates among the rubble. The clue is attached to
a ‘duchess’, a 24in x 12in slate. |
Information © David Hodges, 2003, with corrections by Martin Underwood, 2010
Page design © Martin Underwood,
2014
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